Interview recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The interview was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language and the subject is on the origin of the human beings. The story is that the first humans came out of a hole in the earth with the help of the sun. See page 164-167.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
On the cover is also a reference to probably the typed-out interview as the scripta of Herman Peters OFM page 6c to 4a. Until now the scripta have not been located.

Side A is 33’25 and Side B is 33’27

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